Super Quiz - October 20, 2011

Subject: SAN FRANCISCO

(e.g., After whom is the city named? Answer: Saint Francis of Assisi.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Provide one of the city's more popular nicknames.
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2. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
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3. What is the city's famous moving icon?
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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What is the city's famous island?
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5. What area is both a tourist attraction and home base for a fishing fleet?
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6. What strait connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean?
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PH.D. LEVEL

7. In which year was the great earthquake and fire?
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8. What connects the San Francisco Peninsula to the Marin Peninsula?
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9. Translate the motto "Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra."
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ANSWERS:

1. "The City by the Bay," "Fog City," "The Paris of the West."
2. Tony Bennett.
3. Cable cars.
4. Alcatraz.
5. Fisherman's Wharf.
6. Golden Gate.
7. 1906.
8. The Golden Gate Bridge.
9. Gold in Peace, Iron in War.